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* ''[[Angel's Egg]]'' is [[Mamoru Oshii]]'s first movie and perhaps also his best. It's a mostly silent film, that with its limited dialogue still manages to be as thought provoking as it gets. Accompanied by a beautiful surrealist art style, and a soundtrack that cannot be explained in words, calling it a work of art would be an understatement. Yet neither the public nor the critics picked up on it when it was released in 1985, leaving it as it is today, a forgotten gem. Since appreciating it requires some level of acquired taste, introducing new people to it isn't exactly easy either.

* ''[[Helen ESP]]''. It's a two-volume manga about a blind, deaf and mute girl who finds out she has [[Psychic Powers]], by the author of ''[[Franken Fran]]''--[[Better Than It Sounds|wait, come back here]]! [[Sincerity Mode|No one gets]] [[Gorn|dismembered]] [[Sincerity Mode|in this series, I promise]]! All joking aside, ''[[Helen ESP]]'' has interesting characters and can be quite [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|heartwarming]] at times.

* ''[[Pumpkin Scissors]]'' is an anime and manga that features a story about the aftermath of a major conflict on the size and technological level similar to that of the First World War. The core group of characters are part of an army group dedicated to the recovery effort, and have to deal with the damage caused by the war ranging from food shortages to riots to rogue army units and super soldiers. The characters also have to deal with corruption, the ire of the masses for being part of the army, and lack of respect from other army units for being 'soft'. It also has an aesthetic similar to that of '[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]''.

* ''[[Dennou Coil]]'' is a science fiction anime from 2007 which gained quite some recognition during its airing, but has since failed to retain its popularity. The show is about a group of children in a small town, who all use a type of computer in the form of glasses as means to play around on the digital interface overlapping the city, often bumping into trouble of some kind. The animation and soundtrack are beautiful, although the character designs and colouring could be seen as somewhat subdued - it gives the series a sense of realism that brings out the childish fantasy and emotions bubbling underneath.